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Dead Finger Dead Finger is a name sometimes given to a process usually termed white finger. It is a known side effect of prolonged exposure to vibration, such as found in many haptic feedback systems. Despite its name, dead finger can occur to any body part exposed to vibration for a prolonged period of time. Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.
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The X-finger currently retails for $10,000 US$ each piece, and does not rely on any form of robotics to articulate. It fits over the stub of an amputated finger, and the wearer simply pushes against a lever with the remaining portion of their finger, which sets the knuckles into motion. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fluidhand is a product of the Orthopaedic University Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany. It is the first complete hand prosthesis in which each finger moves separately, without being a separate unit. ![]() In the purely physical world, death is a straightforward thing: You are either alive, or you are not. When you add in the purely virtual, heavily interconnected worlds of cyberspace, that model changes drastically. When do you deem someone to be irredeemably dead, if part of their mind is active and self-modifying online? ![]() ![]() ![]() An interesting article, concerning the "right of publicity" laws in the USA, where you're not allowed to use someone's name or likeness to sell your product. This is a problem if you use a celebrity - even dead, in-world. The article also looks at and explores the developing issue of Virtual Property Rights, and your legal standpoint as a developer. ![]() ![]()
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Smartphone and tablet computer owners have become adept at using finger taps, flicks and drags to control their touchscreens. But Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found that this interaction can be enhanced by taking greater adva...
(02/09/2007)
Earthlink?s plans for municipal Wi-Fi have gone sour. Two of its three deals are dead, and the third is turning sour. A day after dismissing half its staff to cut costs, Earthlink withdrew from a plan that also included Googl...
(20/10/2009)
Sagem S?curit? and Hitachi, the engineering and information technology giant will unveil the first ever multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device at Biometrics 2009 in London, Finger VP. This new device combines Hitachi...
(13/03/2009)
A prototyped capacitive touch panel was demonstrated by Mitsubishi Electric Corp at the Interaction 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The 3D touch panel can detect not only x- and y- coordinates but also its z- coordinates by detecting the distance bet...
(28/11/2009)
Why are the latest touch-screen devices often larger than the push-button gadgets they replace? It has long been assumed the culprit is the so-called "fat finger" problem ? when touch targets are packed too close together, a fingertip may...
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